Shloka 6
राक्षसी-भर्त्सना
The Demonesses’ Coercive Counsel to Sītā
प्रजापतीनां षण्णां तु चतुर्थो यः प्रजापतिः।मानसो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रः पुलस्त्य इति विश्रुतः।।।।
prajāpatīnāṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ tu caturtho yaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
mānaso brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ pulastya iti viśrutaḥ ||
Trong sáu vị Prajāpati, vị Prajāpati thứ tư, nổi danh là Pulastya—người con do ý niệm của Phạm Thiên (Brahmā) sinh ra—được truyền tụng như thế.
'The mind-born son of Brahma is well known as Paulastya. He was the fourth among the six Prajapatis (Maricha, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Plaha, Kratu).
FAQs
Lineage and cosmic ancestry are invoked as persuasive authority; dharmically, noble birth is not sufficient proof of virtue—conduct (ācāra) determines righteousness.
Ekajaṭā tries to impress Sītā by narrating Rāvaṇa’s exalted ancestry beginning with Pulastya.
Discernment (viveka) is demanded of the listener: the ability to separate rhetorical grandeur from moral truth.